Italian words in English

1. Referring to an instrument playing softly and quietly: While at the restaurant, a sotto voce violinist was heard in the background.
2. Descriptive of quiet tones being spoken: The young mother sang in a sotto voce to her little baby.

A pasta created in the form of long thin strings: Tom cooked some spaghetti for the family in the evening.

A part of a police force or military group that deals with a specific or special kind of crime: Jim was part of a squad in the police department that had to do with illegal gambling.

A part or section of one of the armed forces: Jack read in the newspaper about a squadron of a naval unit that consisted of two divisions and a vessel.

A group of lines of verses creating one of the divisions of a song or poem: A stanza normally consists of four lines making up a regular pattern in the number of lines including the formation of rhythm and meter.

A kind of plaster that can cover a wall or to decorate a ceiling: In the old house that the family bought, there were very decorative ornaments of stucco on the ceilings.

A set of two or more large kettle drums: In the local community orchestra, Mrs. Smart played the timpani and she had to be careful not to make a mistake because they could be very loud!

The part of a human body from below the neck to the groin, not including the arms and legs: In the art class at college, the students had to craw a torso, copying that of the model standing in the center of the room.

A piece of recreational equipment consisting of a large piece of very strong cloth that is tightly fastened by springs in a frame: Ivy loved to jump up and down on the trampoline in the family's backyard.

A large musical instrument of the brass family that has a cylindrical horn and an almost always with a sliding tube: the most common kind of trombone is the tenor trombone.

Sometimes a trombone has piston valves, and very rarely both piston and a sliding tube,

A cllapeble device to protect a person from precipitation consisting of an impregnated circular piece of fabric attached to a central rod: Mrs. Black always took her umbrella with her because the weather was often unpredictable and rained a lot.

An extended bitter feud, disagreement, or quarrel resulting in hostility or hatred: The was a distressing vendetta between the two families, and the children of the two families didn't know why and they were not allowed to play or have any contact with each other.

One of the stringed musical instruments, a bit larger than the violin and held under the chin to be play with a bow: In the local community orchestra, Norman played the viola, one of six violists.

One of the musical unfretted stringed instruments, having 4 strings (G-D-A-E), and a bit smaller than a viola: Tim played the violin in the city's orchestra along with eight others sitting on the left side of the conductor.

A large member of the string instruments with four strings (C-G.D-A) and has a endpin to support it on the floor: Hana played the cello in the string quartet and played it sitting down with the cello between her legs.